Ths poem first appeared in the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets Museletter.
Used here with the author’s permission.

Janet Leahy is the author of The Storm, a collection of poems about the Iraq War, and Not My Mother’s Classroom, poems drawn from her experiences as a teacher in Milwaukee public schools. Though cooking is not her first love, she will have a poem published in a new cookbook forthcoming from The Clearing Folk School. Janet lives in New Berlin, Wisconsin and serves on the board of The Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets.

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Ross Kightly:
And the Devil always gets the best tunes as well! Not quite my own order of preference perhaps, but there is only one of those visitors against whom I bar the door... wonderful poem, Janet!Posted 05/06/2014 11:09 AM

rhonasheridan:
I really loved this!Especiall Wednesday. I'm one of those awful people who can't take a piece of praline parfait. Once I start.............! Posted 05/03/2014 01:18 AM

Patt Clark:
Cleverness is the root of your poetry. I would love to see all your poems in one place, a collection of artistry.Posted 05/02/2014 07:52 PM

TheSilverOne:
What a fun poem! A few of those callers are old acquaintances of mine, too.Posted 05/02/2014 07:50 PM

jessica:
Wonderful! I can relate to each one, sadly. ;-)Posted 05/02/2014 02:39 PM